Pennsylvania Homeschoolers

AP* Online Classes

Viewing the world through the comparative framework is something that has already brought me great benefit just in reading news articles and keeping up with current events. Mrs. Reed was an excellent teacher. She was very helpful and engaged in the class, and she is also very passionate about what she is teaching.

We offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses to homeschooled students worldwide. (Our classes are not available to public or private brick-and-mortar school students.) Our 2018-2019 school year class descriptions are now updated and teachers are taking new applications and our online store is ready for paying tuition once you've been accepted. To learn more about our classes, please browse our course descriptions and the reviews from past students and their parents. Reviews are linked at the end of each course description.

Parents may want to check out the NEW College Board PARENT section of their website, especially their *Parent Webinar* series. You'll see that there are several directly related to the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) program, giving you further background on the goals of AP overall. Plus you'll find great ideas on navigating the whole college admissions process also. Well worth a look!

We are pleased to be able to offer once again a full listing of AP courses-- hope you'll be able to find a course here that matches your student's interests and abilities! These courses help students be well prepared for the College Board AP Exams, given in mid-May each year (see this link for the 2018-2019 AP exam schedule).

We're so pleased to be welcoming back almost all of our wonderful AP Teachers-- and we wish a warm 'happy sabbatical year' ahead to long-term AP English Literature teacher, Ruth Green, and the same to AP World History teacher, Gwen Smith. We are now very happy to announce our new teachers for these classes:

Peter Cahillwill be leading AP World History. Peter taught a small section of this class for two years, and is now rejoining our staff and leading the course fully. Peter took almost every AP Online class we offered back when he was a homeschool student-- and enjoy reading about all the many fascinating things that Peter has done since then!

Kay BenAvrahamand Katie Trudeauwill each be leading new sections of AP English Literature, carrying on Ruth Green's fine legacy in their own unique ways. Both were English Literature majors and have strong backgrounds in writing and editing. I know both Kay and Katie will be perfect additions to our staff!

We are also very pleased to now offer a 'lead-up to AP' class in English Language Arts. This new class is organized to follow the key guidelines of the College Board new Pre-AP courses, and will help prepare students in 8th, 9th, or 10th grade to be ready for the rigors of AP-level coursework in a full range of disciplines. Our new teacher for this class isJody Best, who is not only a certified teacher in English, but the homeschooling mother of two wonderful daughters who have taken part in many of our AP Online classes. Her class is going to be terrific-- and just the right *starting place* for many students.

NCAA--YESSS!!! We have completed the process to have our AP courses approved as *core courses* for the NCAA eligibility requirements for student-athletes seeking to play Division I and II sports in college. (The only AP courses we offer not considered as 'core courses' are AP Art History, AP Studio Art, and AP Music Theory-- these don't count as 'core courses' for public schools, either...) We can now submit our Pennsylvania Homeschoolers AP Online transcripts for our student-athletes who are registered with the NCAA. Hooray!!!

During the 2017-2018 school year we have had approximately 792 students involved in our classes, and many of these students were taking two, three, and even four classes through our program. We hope that your students will be able to join us next school year! We are proud of the academic community that has developed as homeschooled high school students connect with their bright, motivated classmates from all across our nation and even around the world.

Our classes develop a community of scholars who interact through class postings, course-related games, responding to one another's work, discussions, and much more. Check out our new Class Showcase postings by teachers to get a feel for their classes in action.